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Butterflies
Butterflies is a NGO working with street and working
children in Delhi for the last fourteen years. Butterflies
believe that children are born as children, neither
as destitute nor as delinquents.
It believes in the right of every child to have a full
childhood where he/she has the right to protection,
respect, opportunities and participation in his/her
own growth and development as enshrined in the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. We believe
that children's participation in decision-making is
central to understanding their situation and needs,
and to respecting children as valued citizens of our
society. We believe that all strata of society, all
government officials, all political parties should be
made aware that India is a signatory to the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child and is required
to implement the Convention fully to protect the children
of India.
Butterflies ensures that children actively participate
in the decision-making process of all its programs.
This forms the central principle of all the activities
of Butterflies.
Main activities of Butterflies
Alternative Education
Health Care
Bal Sabha (Children's Council)
Bal Mazdoor Union (Child Workers Union) Towards collective
action by children.
Children's Development Bank
Delhi Child Rights Club
Childline
Building Alliances
Training and Networking Initiative for grass root workers
and children
Alternative Media Project
Bal Mazdoor Ki Awaz (Voice of Child Workers): A Wall
newspaper
Butterflies Bal Rang Manch
Butterflies Broadcasting Children (BBC)
Advocacy and Research Centre
Community Kitchen
Butterflies Programme with Street and Working Children
U-4 First Floor,
Green Park Extension
New Delhi 110 016
India
Phone : 0091 11 2619 1063
Fax : 0091 11 26196117
Contact person : Mrs. Rita Panicker
Email : butterflies@vsnl.com
ritap@vsnl.com
For more information on Butterflies click on
http://www.butterflieschildrights.org/
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